italy considers closer ties between malta and the european union -lrb- eu -rrb- important and is supportive of malta 's bid for eu membership , italian foreign minister lamberto dini said on tuesday .

Short summary: italy backs malta 's bid for eu membership


a former veterans hospital nurse who killed four patients by overdosing them with medicine was spared the death penalty monday when a federal jury decided she should spend the rest of her life in prison .

Short summary: former va nurse gets life in prison


the european union chose dominique strauss-kahn on tuesday to head the international monetary fund , putting the former french finance minister in line to succeed rodrigo de rato in october .

Short summary: eu picks france s dominique strauss-kahn to head the imf


ukraine 's opposition leader viktor yushchenko and outgoing president leonid kuchma will hold a roundtable discussion with the eu foreign policy chief and the polish president after holding their own bilateral crisis talks , kuchma 's office said friday .

Short summary:
ukraine 's kuchma yushchenko to meet eu mediators